‘We have encountered many gifted students with small hands who have had to overcome great difficulties when playing standard-sized keyboards. Their special needs frequently are ignored, misunderstood or underestimated by teachers who have never had to personally grapple with issues of hand size.’
Dr Lora Deahl, Texas Tech University, & Dr Brenda Wristen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, 2003.
Universities
NORTH AMERICA
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, DS5.5® (7/8) keyboards in upright and grand pianos, and DS6.0® (15/16) keyboards in upright and grand pianos. http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/AreasOfStudy/Music.aspx
University of North Texas, Dallas, Texas: DS6.0® keyboards in upright and grand pianos. http://music.unt.edu/
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas: DS5.5® keyboards in grand piano. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/music/
Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: DS6.0® keyboards in grand and upright pianos. http://www.salem.edu/music
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska: DS5.5® keyboards in grand piano. https://arts.unl.edu/music
St Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota: DS5.5® keyboard in grand piano. https://wp.stolaf.edu/music/
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin: DS5.5® and DS6.0® keyboards in grand pianos. http://www.music.wisc.edu/
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma: DS6.0® keyboards in grand and upright pianos. http://www.uco.edu/Cfad/academics/music/index.asp
Ohio University School of Music, Athens, Ohio: DS6.0® in grand piano, DS5.5 and DS6.0 keyboards in upright pianos. https://www.ohio.edu/fine-arts/music
University of Memphis, Tennessee: DS6.0® keyboard in grand piano. https://www.memphis.edu/music/
EUROPE
State University of Music and Performing Arts, Stuttgart, Germany: DS6.0 keyboard in grand piano. https://www.hmdk-stuttgart.de/en/about/
AUSTRALIA
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, Australia. DS6.0® in grand piano. http://sydney.edu.au/music/
Performance venues
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada: DS.5® in Yamaha grand piano. https://www.banffcentre.ca/
Schools
Piano Preparatory Department of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas: DS5.5® keyboards in upright and grand pianos. https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/AreasOfStudy/Music/WorkshopsAndSpecialPrograms/PianoPrep
Gray School of Music, Dallas, Texas: Dr Eri Yoshimura teaches on a DS5.5® in an upright piano.
http://grayschoolofmusic.com/groups/piano/
